"The Kirbys of New England",
Melatiah Everett Dwight,
The Trow Print, New York, 1898, pp 229-238
"Mehitable Smith, b. ----; m., July 17, 16-- (record obliterated), John Russell of Dartmouth,
son of John and Dorothy Russell. His will, dated March 20, 1695-96, and probated April 16, 1696,
mentions " my son John, my brother Jonathan's son Jonathan, and my brother Joseph's son John."
Mehitable, his widow, married (2), March 14, 1705, James Burrell."